Banning Books, Excluding Thoughts: An Animated Music Video
Combining a number of genres, Daniel Pritchard sends a unified message: ideas should be free to be shared and absorbed. Daniel is one of our 2012 Youth Free Expression Project Film Contest...
View Article5 Books They Dont Want You Reading: Black History Month Edition
Despite receiving accolades ranging from the National Book Award to the Pulitzer, these five notorious novels have been banned by schools across the United States. Their Eyes Were Watching God —Zora...
View ArticleChicago Public Schools Demands ‘Persepolis’ Be Removed from Classrooms
Photo by Chris Walker/ Chicago Tribune Teachers and students gathered outside Lane Tech College Prep in the freezing rain Friday for a spirited protest. "Honk if you love free speech," and "Closing...
View ArticleMarjane Satrapi to CPS: ‘Find your Brain Again. Stop Lying’
Khury Petersen-Smith of SocialistWorker.org caught up with Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi to talk about the shady restrictions being placed on the teaching of her book in Chicago. Again, Satrapi...
View ArticleOIF urges Alamogordo, N.M, schools to reinstate Gaiman’s “Neverwhere”
The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has sent a letter to the superintendent of the Alamogordo, N. M., Public Schools, asking that the district rescind its removal of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere from...
View ArticleAfter Parents Censor, Student Drafts Petition In Defense of ‘Glass Castle’
Renae Roscart, 15, considers parents who argued for the reading list removal to be "pretending that sexual assault and alcoholism isn’t something that youths encounter." The post After Parents Censor,...
View ArticleNew PEN Report Discusses Book Challenges, NCAC and Diversity in Publishing
With Banned Books Week on the horizon, PEN's report discusses NCAC's 'multipronged' approach to book challenges and the specific challenges censorship poses to diverse books. The post New PEN Report...
View ArticleGroups Defend Intellectual Freedom and the Right to Read; Stand by Embattled...
In his statement, the author of 'Bad Little Children’s Books' has asked ABRAMS not to print another edition of the book, because it has been so widely misunderstood and misconstrued. The post Groups...
View ArticleNCAC, Allies Advise Virginia School District on How to Avoid Future Censorship
In a follow up letter, NCAC stresses the district that banned TKAM/ Huck Finn needs an innocent-until-proven-guilty approach to book challenges. The post NCAC, Allies Advise Virginia School District on...
View ArticleNorth Carolina School Releases Statement to Parents About Potentially...
Terms such as "inappropriate" are vague and over-inclusive, potentially leading to the exclusion of works of undeniable pedagogical value. The post North Carolina School Releases Statement to Parents...
View ArticleNCAC Defends the Glass Castle over Concerns of ‘Disturbing’ Content; UPDATE:...
A formal complaint was lodged by a local parent who was offended by the presence of profanity in the book, which includes passages that reference sexual assault. The post NCAC Defends the Glass Castle...
View ArticleLiterary Classics Removed from High-School’s Alternative Reading List in Alaska
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, and Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time...
View ArticleNJ Parents Take Legal Action Against School Using False Claims of Islamic...
The parents claim that the school taught solely Islamic religious practices in a World Culture and Geography curriculum, ignoring education in other world religions. The post NJ Parents Take Legal...
View ArticleNCAC Criticizes Politically Motivated Removal of ‘Jacob’s New Dress’ From...
The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and 6 other organizations committed to defending the right to read are urging a North Carolina school district to reinstate a children’s book in a 1st...
View ArticleElementary School Bans Students from Possessing 13 Reasons Why on School Grounds
NCAC is in the process of writing to the elementary school underlining that students have a First Amendment right to receive and possess literature, provided the books in question do not cause...
View ArticleA Dispatch from documenta 14: An International Art Exhibition in Which Book...
documenta 14, an art festival occurring every 5 years, puts the issue of book censorship front and center this year. The post A Dispatch from documenta 14: An International Art Exhibition in Which Book...
View ArticleALA Reveals Top 10 Silenced Stories of 2017
Often, the most frequently challenged books tell the stories that most need to be heard. The 10 most challenged books of 2017, according to the American Library Association, were no different. The post...
View ArticleLocal Pastors Attempt to Ban Books from Banned Books Display at Maine Public...
The National Coalition Against Censorship supports Rumford Public Library’s display and freedom to choose how best to serve their community. The post Local Pastors Attempt to Ban Books from Banned...
View ArticleRemembering Toni Morrison
Joan Bertin (former executive director, NCAC), Toni Morrison, Fran Lebowitz “The thought that leads me to contemplate with dread the erasure of other voices, of unwritten novels, poems whispered or...
View ArticleBack to School: 7 Resources for Parents, Teachers, and School Administrators
This list of our best resources on censorship and the First Amendment in schools will help you get ready for the school year. The post Back to School: 7 Resources for Parents, Teachers, and School...
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